Cecil Parker

1897-09-02 Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

Biografia

Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after serving in World War I. He made his first film appearance in 1928 and subsequently became a familiar face in British, and occasionally American films, until his death. He appeared less often on television, but many of his films have remained popular and are often shown. He acted in two adaptations of A. J. Cronin's novels, The Citadel (1938) and The Stars Look Down (1940), in addition to appearing in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Under Capricorn (1949), both of the later films were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Other roles were in 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), and I Was Monty's Double (1958), as well as the comedies A French Mistress (1960), The Ladykillers (1955), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Court Jester (1955), Indiscreet (1958) and I Believe in You (1952). Parker was also the original Charles Condomine in the West End production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, a role subsequently played on Broadway by Clifton Webb and in the 1945 film by Rex Harrison. He often played a touchy senior officer or British upper-class character, and his last two films were true to form: The Magnificent Two (1967) with the British comedy double act Morecambe and Wise and Richard Attenborough's version of Oh! What A Lovely War (1969). He played an evil, scheming butler on one episode of The Avengers ("The £50,000 Breakfast"). Description above from the Wikipedia article  Cecil Parker , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

	Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making	Self (archive)	2002-05-07
	Oh! What a Lovely War	Sir John	1969-03-10
	The Magnificent Two	Sir John	1967-07-05
	Circus of Fear	Sir John	1966-04-29
	A Man Could Get Killed	Sir Huntley Frazier	1966-03-25
	A Study in Terror	Prime Minister	1965-10-01
	The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders	The Mayor	1965-05-26
	Lady L	Sir Percy	1965-12-17
	Guns at Batasi	Fletcher	1964-10-30
	Carry On Jack	First Sea Lord	1964-02-23
	The Comedy Man	Thomas Rutherford	1964-09-03
	The Iron Maiden	Sir Giles Thompson	1963-06-07
	Heavens Above!	Archdeacon Aspinall	1963-05-20
	The Amorous Prawn	Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam	1962-11-26
	The Brain	Stevenson	1962-09-05
	On the Fiddle	Group Capt. Bascombe	1961-10-10
	Petticoat Pirates	C-in-C	1961-11-01
	On the Fiddle	Gr/Cpt Bascombe	1961-10-10
	The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's	Professor Canford	1960-12-22
	Sotto dieci bandiere	Colonel Howard	1960-09-15
	Swiss Family Robinson	Captain Moreland	1960-12-21
	A French Mistress	John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School	1960-08-25
	Follow That Horse!		1960-07-11
	The Night We Dropped a Clanger	Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser	1959-10-10
	The Navy Lark	Cmdr. Stanton	1959-01-01
	The Wreck of the Mary Deare	Inquiry Chairman	1959-11-17
	Happy Is the Bride	Arthur Royd	1958-03-04
	I Was Monty's Double	Colonel E.F. Logan	1958-10-21
	Indiscreet	Alfred Munson	1958-07-16
	A Tale of Two Cities	Jarvis Lorry	1958-02-07
	The Admirable Crichton	Lord Henry Loam	1957-06-11
	True as a Turtle	Dudley Partridge	1957-02-01
	23 Paces to Baker Street	Bob Matthews	1956-05-18
	It's Great to be Young!	Frome, Headmaster	1956-12-26
	The Court Jester	King Roderick I	1955-12-24
	The Ladykillers	Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'	1955-12-08
	The Constant Husband	Llewellyn	1955-04-21
	For Better, for Worse	Anne's Father	1954-06-20
	Father Brown	The Bishop	1954-06-08
	Isn't Life Wonderful!	Charles, the boy's father	1953-11-08
	The Magic Box	1st Platform Man	1952-01-01
	His Excellency	Sir James Kirkman	1952-01-22
	I Believe in You	Henry Phipps	1952-03-05
	The Man in the White Suit	Alan Birnley	1951-08-07
	Tony Draws a Horse		1950-06-01
	Dear Mr. Prohack	Arthur Prohack	1949-09-07
	Under Capricorn	The Governor	1949-09-08
	The Chiltern Hundreds	Benjamin Beecham	1949-09-27
	Quartet	Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")	1948-10-26
	The First Gentleman	The Prince Regent	1948-03-15
	The Weaker Sex	Geoffrey Radcliffe	1948-10-11
	The Woman in the Hall	Sir Halmar Barnard	1947-10-27
	Captain Boycott	Capt. Charles C. Boycott	1947-08-26
	Hungry Hill	Copper John	1947-01-07
	The Magic Bow	Luigi Germi	1946-11-25
	Caesar and Cleopatra	Britannus	1945-12-11
	Ships with Wings	German Air Marshal	1941-11-10
	The Saint's Vacation	Rudolph Hauser	1941-05-09
	Dangerous Moonlight	Specialist	1941-06-26
	The Stars Look Down	Stanley Millington	1940-01-22
	Under Your Hat	Sir Jeffrey Arlington	1940-09-01
	Sons of the Sea	Cmdr. Herbert	1939-12-23
	The Citadel	Dr. Charles Every	1938-10-29
	Housemaster	Sir Berkeley Nightingale	1938-01-31
	It Might Be You	Dr. Smith	1938-11-25
	The Lady Vanishes	Eric Todhunter	1938-10-07
	Storm in a Teacup	Provost William Gow	1937-02-25
	Dark Journey	Captain Of Q-Boat	1937-07-02
	The Man Who Changed His Mind	Dr. Gratton	1936-09-11
	Men of Yesterday		1936-05-01
	Jack of All Trades	Sir Chas. Darrington	1936-12-30
	Dishonour Bright	Vincent Crane	1936-09-21
	Foreign Affaires	Lord Wormington	1935-11-21
	Her Last Affaire	Sir Arthur Harding	1935-10-21
	Me and Marlborough	Colonel of the Greys	1935-07-22
	Crime Unlimited	Assistant Commissioner	1935-08-01
	The Guv'nor	Bank Director	1935-10-01
	The Silver Spoon	Trevor	1934-06-04
	Lady in Danger	Piker	1934-11-27
	The Blue Squadron	Bianchi	1934-12-12
	Dirty Work	Gordon Bray	1934-12-07
	The Office Wife	Lawrence Bradley	1934-11-12
	Little Friend	Mason	1934-11-18
	The Golden Cage		1933-03-30
	A Cuckoo in the Nest	Claude Hickett	1933-11-11